Hey 'pedes,

My younger brother's birthday coming up soon. He's brainwashed and I know that he won't vote Trump, he's a lost cause and in many respects he's a loser (it may sound mean, but others in my family have called him much worse to his face). I won't go into too much detail here, but I still love him and have concern about him as he's my brother and I sometimes worry that he'll end up a statistic (he drinks a lot, uses lots of weed/mushrooms, does nothing with his life, and I personally think he's a deeply closeted homosexual).

I rarely talk politics with him, but my wife and I were willing to at least spend time with him at the park. At first he refused although he has no plans with friends or anything for his birthday.

He only finally said he's willing to go if we all wear masks. I told him no way, because we're both young and it has a 99.997% survival rate for our age bracket. My wife tells me that I'm being selfish as it's his birthday. I'm willing to go and do the whole 6 feet apart thing if he wants but no on the masks. Unless he's got a secret underlying disease like AIDS/HIV he's not sharing then I think he has no reason to panic.

In any case, should I just suck it up and go with a mask or refuse and do something else like a FaceTime call? What do you think? It got me pissed and conflicted because this is a "man" who is 32 and is very weak emotionally. Thoughts?